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Future Skills Radar

Which skills and roles are rising or under pressure, estimated from dated AI-use and hiring signals. Move along the timeline to see how the picture changed as new data arrived, and switch the scenario to stress-test it.

Data snapshot

AI use: May 2026 · job demand as of 2026-10-16

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Skills on the radar

Closer to the centre = rising faster. Ringed dots are skills you have. Dashed trails show the move since Jun 2026.

RisingSteadyCooling

Automation & robotics

CAD (AutoCAD / SolidWorks)

Rising

Trend score: 96 +6.3
Hiring-post mentions: +50%

Needed by

Electrical Engineer
Electronics Engineer
Computer Hardware Engineer
Microsystems Engineer

4.4Quality education9.2Industry, innovation and infrastructure8.2Decent work and economic growth

Rising fastest

Cooling

Roles on the rise

Highest outlook under the moderate ai scenario over 3 years: hiring demand plus how AI touches the work

Electronics EngineerMyCOL
AI assists 17% · automates 11% · postings +18% y/y
Rising75+5.4
Industrial EngineerMyCOL
AI assists 12% · automates 10% · postings +24% y/y
Rising75±0
Computer Hardware EngineerMyCOL
AI assists 18% · automates 16% · postings +18% y/y
Rising73+5.4
Manufacturing EngineerMyCOL
AI assists 11% · automates 11% · postings +24% y/y
Rising73±0
Electrical EngineerMyCOL
AI assists 11% · automates 13% · postings +18% y/y
Rising72+5.4
Robotics Engineer
AI assists 13% · automates 11% · postings +19% y/y
Rising69±0

Roles under most pressure

Lowest outlook: much of the work is exposed to automation, or hiring is slowing

Data Warehousing Specialist
AI assists 19% · automates 31% · postings −2% y/y
Under pressure40−3.7
Computer User Support Specialist
AI assists 12% · automates 24% · postings −1% y/y
Under pressure42+2.3
Electro-Mechanical & Mechatronics Technician
AI assists 6% · automates 8% · postings −4% y/y
Under pressure44+1.5
Network & Computer Systems AdministratorMyCOL
AI assists 9% · automates 26% · postings −1% y/y
Under pressure45+2.3
Business Intelligence AnalystMyCOL
AI assists 17% · automates 26% · postings −2% y/y
Under pressure47−3.7
Robotics TechnicianMyCOL
AI assists 8% · automates 11% · postings −4% y/y
Under pressure48+1.5

How people use AI is shifting

Share of Claude conversations that hand work over (automation) rather than work alongside (augmentation).

43%

Feb–Mar 2025

52%

4–11 Aug 2025

47%

13–20 Nov 2025

46%

5–12 Feb 2026

49%

May 2026

Anthropic Economic Index· 2026-06-26

Malaysia in the picture

Malaysians use Claude at 0.87× the world rate per working-age person (May 2026).

56% use AI tools at work; 26% have received training to use them Hays Asia Salary Guide 2025 - AI use among Malaysian professionals (Hays Malaysia press release) source
More than 600,000 workers need reskilling within 3-5 years MOSTI Minister Chang Lih Kang at the MBOT Professional Development Certification launch, Putrajaya source
About 600,000 workers need reskilling over the next 3-5 years Origin of the ~600k figure - HR Minister Steven Sim on the KESUMA/TalentCorp Phase 1 study source

Anthropic Economic Index· 2026-06-26

Newly recognised roles

MalaysiaArtificial Intelligence Engineer (telecommunications)
TalentCorp & MCMC - Impact Study on AI, Digital and the Green Economy on the Malaysian Workforce for the Communications and Multimedia Sector (AI engineers were also cited as emerging in Phase 1, Nov 2024) · 2026-10-05 · source
ChinaGenerative AI System Application Specialist生成式人工智能系统应用员
China MOHRSS with SAMR & NBS - new occupation 4-04-05-13 (digital occupation), notice 人社厅发〔2024〕36号 · 2024-07-31 · source
GlobalBig Data Specialists
World Economic Forum - Future of Jobs Report 2025 (employer outlook 2025-2030) · 2025-01 · source
MalaysiaEdge Computing Specialist (telecommunications)
TalentCorp & MCMC - Impact Study on AI, Digital and the Green Economy on the Malaysian Workforce for the Communications and Multimedia Sector · 2026-10-05 · source
ChinaCybersecurity Classified-Protection (MLPS) Assessor网络安全等级保护测评师
China MOHRSS with SAMR & NBS - new occupation 4-04-04-07 (digital occupation), notice 人社厅发〔2024〕36号 · 2024-07-31 · source
GlobalFinTech Engineers
World Economic Forum - Future of Jobs Report 2025 (employer outlook 2025-2030) · 2025-01 · source

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